1951:Russia's Bomb : IN OUR PAGES:100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO

WASHINGTON — Gordon Dean, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, told a press conference here that Russia does possess the atom bomb. Although President Truman announced in September, 1949, that there had been an atomic explosion in Russia, he did not say specifically that it was an atom bomb that had been exploded. The question was raised again recently by Sen. Owen Brewster, who said there are grave doubts that Russia hasthe bomb.